Builders bare all

CHEEKY workmen have proved it’s not just W.I. members and hunky rugby stars who can strip off for charity. Women’s Institute members in Yorkshire famously went naked to raise charity cash and last month the Metro News reported on Sale Sharks players who ditched the rugby gear to go starkers in the club’s 2009 calendar.

CHEEKY workmen have proved it’s not just W.I. members and hunky rugby stars who can strip off for charity.

Women’s Institute members in Yorkshire famously went naked to raise charity cash and last month the Metro News reported on Sale Sharks players who ditched the rugby gear to go starkers in the club’s 2009 calendar.

And now Trafford Housing Trust workmen have stripped down to their toolbelts to pose naked for a cause close to their hearts.

Made up of builders, plumbers, joiners, plasterers, electricians and glaziers, the team were inspired to strip down to the bare essentials after a colleague was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The calendar will help raise funds for Christie’s Manchester Million appeal.

And it is hoped the saucy shots will also highlight the importance of health checks for men.

One of the models, repairman Mike Fitzpatrick, had his reservations about stripping off at first.

"But when I found out what it was for I signed up," added Mike, who posed wearing just a nail pouch and holding a spirit level for the May page in the calendar.

"It’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever done in my life.

"It was the camaraderie between the lads on the shoot – we had such a good laugh."

A thousand copies of the calendar have been printed and are available for £10 each at the housing Trust’s Sale headquarters.

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